Luo Zhong-Cheng, PhD

Professeur sous octroi agrégé

Formation

• M.D. Docteur en médecine, Henan Medical University, Zhen Zhou, China, 1986
• Ph.D. Pediatric Epidemiology, Docteur en philosophie, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 2000
• Postdoctoral fellowship: perinatal epidemiology, McGill University, 2004

Spécialité ou expertise particulière

• Perinatal epidemiology; pediatric epidemiology

Intérêts de recherche

• Fetal growth and development
• Perinatal origins of the metabolic syndrome
• Aboriginal perinatal health

Projets en cours

• Quebec Administrative health databases linkage-based study on First Nations and Inuit birth and infant outcomes, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), 2010.10-2013.9.
• Causes and consequences of adverse fetal growth – one of the four sub-projects within the Integrated Research Network of Perinatology in Quebec (IRNPQ) clinical research team project, CIHR, 2008.4-2014.3.

Publications choisies

• Luo ZC, Nuyt AM, Delvin E, Audibert F, Girard  I, Shatenstein B, Cloutier A, Cousineau J, Djemli A, Deal CI, Levy E, Y Wu, Julien P and Fraser WD. Maternal, Fetal IGF-1 and IGF-2 Levels, Fetal Growth and Gestational Diabetes. J Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2012 Mar 14. PMID: 22419731.
• Luo ZC, Wilkins R, Heaman M, Smylie J, Martens P, McHugh NGL, Labranche E, Simonet F, Wassimi S, Minich K and Fraser WD. Birth outcomes and infant mortality among First Nations, Inuit, and non-Indigenous women by northern versus southern residence, Quebec. J Epidemiology Community Health, 2012;66(4):328-33.
• Wassimi S, Wilkins R, Nancy GLM, Xiao L, Simonet F, Luo ZC (corresponding author). Macrosomia, perinatal and postneonatal mortality among First Nations in Quebec. CMAJ 2011;183(3):322-6. PMID: 21242271.
• Luo ZC, Delvin E, Fraser WD, Audibert F, Deal CI, Julien P, Girard I, Shear R, Levy E, Nuyt AM. Maternal glucose tolerance in pregnancy affects fetal insulin sensitivity. Diabetes Care 2010;33:2055-2061.
• Luo ZC, Senécal S, Simonet F, Guimond E, Penney C, Wilkins R. Birth outcomes in the Inuit-Inhabited areas of Canada. CMAJ 2010;182(3):235-42.